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Latcedric
Hello everyone,
First message on this great forum : therefore I firstly make a large congratulation for such a large mine of information !
I am working for a large electrical harness supplier that wish to diversify its customers. We've been working for decades under the DOA of the aircraft manufacturers, but we are now thinking to get this certification on our own. And it does not look that simple !
I have thus a couple of questions :
- how do we select the categories of DOA ? Does being design-autonomous from the clients means a DOA 1 ? In which group is a harness ? It's both a large component, but not extremely complex !
- what is "a product" according to the EASA ? We produce similar harnesses but very few of our products are exactly identical ! How can a certification be then made per product ?
- how long does it usually take for a 3/400 employees organisation to do adequate actions for this certification knowing that we are already POA certified, ISO9001 and in the business for years.
- About the costs ? I have understood from the Part21 GM that a DOA requires 4/5 people full-time. What are the usual investments prior to the normal DOA activities ? Number of people implied ? Costs of training ? Toward the EASA ? Any other costs ?
- Are there any alternatives ? What are the pros and cons of the ADOA ?
Thanks for the answers ! I'm kind of sinking under the messy EU documentations ...
Regards / Cedric
First message on this great forum : therefore I firstly make a large congratulation for such a large mine of information !
I am working for a large electrical harness supplier that wish to diversify its customers. We've been working for decades under the DOA of the aircraft manufacturers, but we are now thinking to get this certification on our own. And it does not look that simple !
I have thus a couple of questions :
- how do we select the categories of DOA ? Does being design-autonomous from the clients means a DOA 1 ? In which group is a harness ? It's both a large component, but not extremely complex !
- what is "a product" according to the EASA ? We produce similar harnesses but very few of our products are exactly identical ! How can a certification be then made per product ?
- how long does it usually take for a 3/400 employees organisation to do adequate actions for this certification knowing that we are already POA certified, ISO9001 and in the business for years.
- About the costs ? I have understood from the Part21 GM that a DOA requires 4/5 people full-time. What are the usual investments prior to the normal DOA activities ? Number of people implied ? Costs of training ? Toward the EASA ? Any other costs ?
- Are there any alternatives ? What are the pros and cons of the ADOA ?
Thanks for the answers ! I'm kind of sinking under the messy EU documentations ...
Regards / Cedric